Analysis of DNA flanking the treA gene of Bacillus subtilis reveals genes encoding a putative specific enzyme II(Tre) and a potential regulator of the trehalose operon

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Schöck, Frieder ^a   Dahl, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaccharides; PTS; Repressor; Sugar transport; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TREHALOSE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030579141     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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